That’s tout of order! Tom Walker tackles the criminal cost of tour tickets amid the raging Oasis reunion row.
Music fans deserve better, he insists, after punters were stung by Ticketmaster’s ‘dynamic pricing’ to see the Gallaghers’ comeback shows. Impassioned Tom told me: “There’s a limit, isn’t there? I do feel like some people are taking the p**s, and it’s not cool.
“Oasis came out saying they weren’t aware of what Ticketmaster were doing, and all the rest of it… you know, maybe they didn’t know.” In a statement, brothers Noel and Liam claimed they had no idea and that decisions on ticketing and pricing were left to their promoters and management.
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Tom continued: “The point is, if all artists said ‘No’ to that, kind of, last-minute ticket inflation due to high demand it wouldn’t be a thing. That’s my view. I even asked my management, ‘We’ve never done that, have we?’ Because I don’t know, I’m not in charge of that bit.”
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He added: “I bought Madonna tickets for my partner’s auntie… if the show is the best thing you have ever seen… and you feel like you’re getting your money’s worth, then fair enough.
“But I do think, people queuing for six hours thinking they’re getting a £150 ticket, and then [being told] ‘That’ll be £400, please,’ you’d be fuming!”. A man of his word, the singer recently performed a string of free gigs across the country as part of his Tom’s Towns pop-up.
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He recalled: “I wanted to go to small cities… one of the biggest things was [people saying], ‘Thank you so much, people don’t ever come here.’” Tom’s new album I Am arrives September 20. His new single of the same name is out now.
Fans were livid when they were stung by the “dynamic prices” used by Ticketmaster which inflated the cost of tickets to see the group, who will play multiple dates at Wembley Stadium during their tour next year. Initially, standing tickets on the site costed £148.50 but later on were as expensive as £355, over double what fans expected to pay.
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Oasis, who will now be playing 19 dates on their Live ’25 tour next year, had insisted they weren’t to blame for the prices of tickets. A statement from the band read: “It needs to be made clear that Oasis leave decisions on ticketing and pricing entirely to their promoters and management.”
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